diff --git a/scene/gui/tree.cpp b/scene/gui/tree.cpp
index 78311518071..723bdfb88cf 100644
--- a/scene/gui/tree.cpp
+++ b/scene/gui/tree.cpp
@@ -1526,8 +1526,10 @@ void Tree::select_single_item(TreeItem *p_selected, TreeItem *p_current, int p_c
 					*/
 
 			} else if (c.selected) {
-				c.selected = false;
-				//p_current->deselected_signal.call(p_col);
+				if (p_selected != p_current) {
+					// Deselect other rows.
+					c.selected = false;
+				}
 			}
 		} else if (select_mode == SELECT_SINGLE || select_mode == SELECT_MULTI) {
 			if (!r_in_range && &selected_cell == &c) {